Nagaoka-Tenjin +

12 April 2026

Having read about the red Kirishima azaleas at the Nagaoka-Tenmangu shrine we decided it would be a nice place to walk around and see what's blooming.  There were some lingering cherry blossoms and some azaleas blooming along with lots of new maples.  Even so it was a cool, beautiful sunny day with lots to discover.  And it seemed to be a good day for parents to take their babies for their first visit to the shrine and blessing.   On our way back into Kyoto we made a brief stop in Arashiyama, which was absolutely mobbed... 

approaching NagaokaTenmangu	torii gate	base of the right pillar of torii gate	restaurants along the lake shore	restaurants along the lake shore
red azaleas starting to bloom	trees and restaurants along the lake shore	logt on restaurants along the lake shore	dying cherry blossoms	late cherry blossoms
red azaleas	leaning pine tree		red azalea	red azalea
red azalea	cherry	lichen	distant cherry tree	maple
new maple blossoms	maple	waterfall	path to lakeside restaurants	path to lakeside restaurants
kichen for lakeside restaurants	kichen for lakeside restaurants	path to lakeside restaurants	lakeside restaurant
old torri remnants	donor lanterns and fence posts	Nagaoka Tenmangu shrine	fountain	cherry blossoms
cherry blossoms	ox image		first visit to the shrine for the baby wrapped in the red kimono	first visit to the shrine for the baby wrapped in the red kimono
peeling paint	fox images	tree holes	on the fence
kerria japonica	in the nearby garden after baby's first visit...		trees across the pond	trees across the pond
roots	maple	double cherry	double cherry	double cherry
red azaleas along the main entrance	double cherry		maple	tall red azalea
	cascading branch		red maple	bridge over Hachijoga-ike Pond
view from 6-sided pavlion	iris leaves	turtles	summer snowflakes	double cherry
double cherry	cherry	cherry	cherry blossoms on the water
	coot	bridges	main entrance	just starting to open
bamboo fence joint	too tight	red maple	red maple	bamboo
Old Sautee Store in local restaurant	rail car	apparently part of a train washing station	train station	double cherry
mallotus japonicus	moving a river barge	Katsura River in Arashiyama	fresh green maples along Katsura River in Arashiyama	cloud swooshes
white heron	new maple blossoms	new maples seeds forming

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